JustPeace announces new book and video series
The Spirit & Art of Conflict Transformation: Creating a Culture of JustPeace
JustPeace is pleased to announce that Upper Room Ministries will be releasing a new book by Tom Porter, the Co-Executive Director of JustPeace, entitled The Spirit & Art of Conflict Transformation: Creating a Culture of JustPeace in July.
Leading up to the release date, JustPeace will be debuting a series of videos depicting the major themes of the book. There will be a video focusing on each chapter of the book and new videos will be posted sequentially on the JustPeace website leading up to the book’s release.
In each video, you will hear from the book’s author, Tom Porter, as he weaves personal stories, theological insights, and practical experience with the book’s major themes.
Tom Porter is an ordained elder of the New England Annual Conference, a lawyer, a seminary professor, and professional mediator. He has served twenty-three years as chancellor of the New England United Methodist Conference while in practice as a trial attorney. Tom teaches at Boston University School of Theology and has developed a concentration in the degree programs in Religion and Conflict Transformation. He recently edited the book, Conflict and Communion: Reconciliation and Restorative Justice at Christ’s Table. He has mediated many different types of conflicts within the Church.
Chapter 1: Changing our Attitude Toward Conflict
Click here to watch the video for Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Discovering a Theology of Conflict Transformation
Click here to watch the video for Chapter 2
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Your book holds good promise for people who are willing to actually deal with conflict in healthy ways. Back in 1994 I began to develop a theological framework based on what I called then and now “God’s Radical Hospitality”. I’m still unpacking that term. Then in 1995 I began talking of conflict transformation as the integration of conflict resolution with spiritual formation. God’s Radical Hospitality still informs my work on conflict transformation. Completing a 2-year certification course in spiritual direction in 2006 convinced me I really should have started with the spiritual formation component of conflict transformation before I tackled conflict resolution. I’m still learning about both! And I’m very eager to see Tom’s new book.
Paul Graves